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Religious Beliefs
Daily Life
Mummification
Government
Architecture
100
Did the Egyptians believe in one god or multiple?
Multiple gods
100
What class of people work all day and serve the pharaohs?
The poor class
100
What is the first step in mummification?
Draw brains out through the nostrils
100
Who ruled Egypt?
The pharoah
100
What did the sculptures have to include in their works of art?
Religious attributes
200
True or False: The afterlife was worse than life on Earth.
False
200
What did the middle class learn to do to make them look wealthy?
They learn to read, write, and dress to look rich
200
How many days is the body soaked in natron (mineral salt)?
70 days
200
To be a pharoah, what did they have to claim?
Divinity from the gods
200
Some symbols were believed to protect the pharoahs from what?
Harmful spirits
300
What were the creation stories written on.
What is slabs of stone
300
Who dressed their best and relaxed while everyone else worked?
The pharaohs and their families
300
What is the corpse wraped in after soaked in mineral salt?
Waxen cloth
300
Government was strongly tied wiht what aspect of Egyptian culture?
Religion
300
What is filled on the long flat surface of a block statue?
Heiroglyphics
400
Name one of the three most important texts in Egyptian history.
Pyramid Texts, the Coffin Texts, or the Book of the Dead.
400
What did they believe gave them a special healing power from the gods?
Makeup
400
What part of the body is filled with pure myrrh, cassia, and other purfumes?
The stomach
400
What was the most important role of the pharoah?
To please the gods
400
What makes each wooden soldier unique?
Different design on each shield
500
Along with national gods, what were the other gods known as?
Town gods
500
How did they entertain themselves?
Games, dolls, and music
500
After the organs are taken out, where are they placed?
Canopic jars
500
What was one of the roles the pharoah had to perform?
Build temples to please the gods
500
About how many pyramids are known today?
About 80